David, If you are specifically talking about the @ sign wildcard.
I seem to remember it’s only for the right side of any comparison operator. No @’s to the left. Thanks, Walt Nelson (Seattle) New stuff coming! www.foundationshell.com w...@foundationshell.com > On Jan 23, 2017, at 7:00 PM, David Adams <dpad...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is probably documented, long-standing behavior that everyone but me > knows and remembers. But, just in case, I just (re)discovered that the = > operator is *not* always transitive. Specifically, when you're comparing a > string with a wildcard. > > C_TEXT($comparison_text) > C_TEXT($input_text) > $comparison_text:="@" > $input_text:="Hello" > > C_BOOLEAN($returns_false) > C_BOOLEAN($returns_true) > $returns_false:=$comparison_text=$input_text > $returns_true:=$input_text=$comparison_text > > If someone has something usefully smart to say to help me keep this > straight in my head, I'm all ears. ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
